Container for storing knifes, utensils, and the like having integral blade sharpener

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8905825
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13413722

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A container for storing at least one object, such as a knife, utensil, and the like, wherein the object has a blade that is occasionally dressed is disclosed. The container includes a housing presenting an object-receiving opening and a blade-dressing assembly configured to provide selective dressing of the blade. The blade-dressing assembly includes a carrier and a dressing component supported on the carrier. The carrier is shiftably supported on the housing so as to move between a storage position in which the dressing surface is incapable of engaging the blade and an operating position in which the dressing surface is engageable by the blade.

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  • HANTOVER, INC.

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Huff, Bernard G Belton, US 13 206

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